1956 Bentley S-Type
No Reserve – Entered from the Alyth Collection

Registration No: Un-Registered
Chassis No: B463CM
MOT: Exempt

• Entered from the Alyth Collection, a collection of motor cars kept in storage in Scotland for over 30 years
• Supplied new to M. Mulder Canter/Foister, Clay & Ward Ltd.
• A worthwhile and seemingly complete project

The Bentley S-Type was unveiled in April, 1955. A very different car from its predecessors, it was longer and wider and based on a much stiffer chassis. Though the traditional body-on-chassis construction facilitated the manufacture of special-bodied versions, most were delivered with the standard offering produced by Pressed Steel Ltd., featuring alloy doors, bonnet and boot lid.

Powered by the final iteration of the company's venerable 4.9-litre straight-six engine featuring revised cylinder-head porting, power was quoted at 178bhp. As standard, the unit drove through a four-speed automatic gearbox with steering column control. Suspension was independent at the front by wishbones and coil springs and employed a leaf-spring mounted live axle at the rear. Braking was by drums all round. A total of 3,107 examples were produced between 1955 and 1959.

Though it has seen better days, this S-Type has managed to survive with some early history intact. Supplied through Jack Barclay Ltd., as indicated by the sill plaques, it appears to have received a Bury-issued ‘EN’ registration, and the first owners are given as M. Mulder Canter and the Mansfield hosiery manufacturer Foister, Clay & Ward Ltd. We believe the former to be Maurits Mulder Canter, who is memorialised in a 1987 stained-glass window at Southwark Cathedral. Having seemingly covered just 56,348 miles from new, it evidently fell into disrepair before it was purchased for Scotland’s Alyth Collection some thirty years ago or more.

While the interior and bodywork are clearly in poor state of repair, the Bentley could function as a spares car, though we think that would be an unfortunate fate for a car with known early history. Instead, we might recommend that this lot be bought alongside the c.1956 Rolls-Royce Silver Cloud also in the Alyth Collection, as we believe that would provide an ample enough spares supply to make the Bentley a viable project. Any enthusiast who is prepared to save this Bentley will certainly be applauded for doing so.

This lot is supplied without paperwork.

For more information, please contact:
Lucas Gomersall
lucas.gomersall@handh.co.uk
07484 082430